Dipotassium peroxydicarbonate

Base Information

• Chemical Name: Dipotassium peroxydicarbonate
• CAS No.: 589-97-9
• Molecular Formula: C₂O₆*2K
• Molecular Weight: 198.215
• UNII: UBW7U9I8UV
• DSSTox Substance ID: DTXSID701036330
• Wikidata: Q15627922
• Mol file: 589-97-9.mol

Synonyms:Dipotassium peroxydicarbonate;potassium percarbonate;potassium peroxydicarbonate;Potassium percarbonate [MI];UNII-UBW7U9I8UV;UBW7U9I8UV;Potassium peroxydicarbonate, K2C2O6;589-97-9;Peroxydicarbonic acid, potassium salt (1:2);SCHEMBL80042;DTXSID701036330;dipotassium;carboxylatooxy carbonate;Q15627922

Chemical Property of Dipotassium peroxydicarbonate

Chemical Property:

• Melting Point: 200–300℃ [HAW93]
• PSA: 98.72000
• LogP: -2.37880
• Water Solubility.: 1 part/15 parts cold H2O; evolves O2 in hot H2O [MER06]
• Hydrogen Bond Donor Count: 0
• Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count: 6
• Rotatable Bond Count: 1
• Exact Mass: 197.89690069
• Heavy Atom Count: 10
• Complexity: 80.1

Purity/Quality:

99% ^*data from raw suppliers

POTASSIUM PERCARBONATE 95.00% ^*data from reagent suppliers

Safty Information:

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MSDS Files:

SDS file from LookChem

Useful:

• Canonical SMILES: C(=O)([O-])OOC(=O)[O-].[K+].[K+]
• Physical properties: The monohydrate consists of a white granular mass; starts melting above 200°C; soluble in water, about 15 g/100mL at 20°C; decomposes in boiling water, evolving oxygen.
• Uses: Potassium percarbonate is used in photography under the name “Antihypo” for removing the last traces of thiosulfate from film and paper. It is a strong oxidizing agent in certain chemical analysis; and in microscopic identification of tubercle bacilli.

Technology Process of Dipotassium peroxydicarbonate

There total 7 articles about Dipotassium peroxydicarbonate which guide to synthetic route it. The literature collected by LookChem mainly comes from the sharing of users and the free literature resources found by Internet computing technology. We keep the original model of the professional version of literature to make it easier and faster for users to retrieve and use. At the same time, we analyze and calculate the most feasible synthesis route with the highest yield for your reference as below:

synthetic route:

Reference yield:

potassium carbonate (584-08-7) → potassium percarbonate (589-97-9,16645-68-4)

Guidance literature:

In water; at -20 ℃; Electrochemical reaction;

DOI:10.1002/1521-3773(20020603)41:11<1922::AID-ANIE1922>3.0.CO;2-T

Reference yield:

water (7732-18-5) + potassium carbonate (584-08-7) → potassium percarbonate (589-97-9,16645-68-4)

Guidance literature:

In water; Electrochem. Process; a satrd. soln. of K compd. oxidized (anodic, galvanostatic, I=250 mA, U>16 V) at -20°C; filtered, washed (ethanol, diethyl ether); elem. anal.;

DOI:10.1002/1521-3773(20020603)41:11<1922::AID-ANIE1922>3.0.CO;2-T

Reference yield:

potassium carbonate (584-08-7) + fluorine (7782-41-4) → potassium percarbonate (589-97-9,16645-68-4)

Guidance literature:

In water;

upstream raw materials:

potassium carbonate

water

fluorine

carbon dioxide

Downstream raw materials:

carbon dioxide

sulfur dioxide

oxygen

potassium carbonate